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For there must be also factions among you, that those who are approved may be revealed among you.
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Factions, Not False Doctrine
Most commentators emphasize that 'heresies' (Greek: 'haireseis') in this verse does not mean doctrinal error, as we often use the word today. Instead, it refers to factions, cliques, or parties. The problem Paul addresses is the practical disunity and social division, like the class distinctions seen at the Lord's Supper, which destroyed the church's fellowship.
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1 Corinthians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For there must be. It is necessary (Greek, dei); it is to be expected; there are reasons why there should be. He states what thes…
Must be (δε εινα). Since moral conditions are so bad among you (cf. chapters 1 to 6). Cf. Matthew 18:7.
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19th Century
Anglican
For there must be also heresies.—Better, For there must be also sects. There have been many attempts to explain …
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Baptist
For first of all, when you come together in the church, I hear that there are divisions among you; and I partly believe it. For there must be a…
Regarding the meal that evidently preceded the communion service, the apostle condemns the conduct of the believers as harmful and degrading to the…
16th Century
Protestant
For there must be also heresies. He had previously spoken of divisions (1 Corinthians 11:18). Now he uses the term
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For there must be also heresies among you &c.] This is a reason why he was ready to believe there might be something…
The apostle rebukes the disorders in their partaking of the Lord's Supper. The ordinances of Christ, if they do not make us better, are likely to m…
13th Century
Catholic
After rebuking the Corinthians for their error in covering—that is, because the women came to the sacred mysteries with their heads uncovered—the A…
